Attorney General Eric Holder said the Justice Department is going to federal court to require Texas to get approval before implementing changes to the state's voting rights process.

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Kevin Johnson
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WASHINGTON - The Justice Department is going to federal court in an attempt to require the state of Texas to get approval before implementing changes to the state's voting process, Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday.

In remarks to the National Urban League's conference in Philadelphia, Holder said the move was in direct response to last month's Supreme Court decision that struck down a provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that allowed the Justice Department to take action against jurisdictions that adopted discriminatory voting laws or other procedures.